Shoulder/body harness for carrying devices

ABSTRACT

A shoulder/body holster, with at least one device holder thereon, is used to carry cell phones and other electronic devices. The shoulder/body holster includes straps that crisscross the back and wrap over the shoulders and under the arms. The straps are adjustable, so that one can achieve an appropriate fit. Adjustable devices may be used. These adjustable devices may be made of any stretchable material. The portions of the straps that are located in the front of the body may be lined with hook and loop fasteners or other attachment devices. This hook and loop material allows the invention to support multiple packets on the straps.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a device for carrying electronic devices, andmore particularly to shoulder type harness for carrying devicesincluding cell phones, pagers, mpg music players and other electronicdevices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The background of the invention may be shown by several patents asdescribed below.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,410,762, defines a belt strap for jogger's compactportable device. An elastic strap having at least two opposing beltreceiving slots through which the free end of a belt is threaded.Preferably, the strap is made of neoprene. The belt receiving slots arereinforced by either grommeting or stitching. The distance between thebelt openings is slightly less than the width of the compact portabledevice which is secured between the outside wall of the belt and theinside wall of the elastic strap. When the belt is tightened around thebody of the active wearer, the relative movement of the secured compactportable device and the body is minimized even if the wearer is engagedin vigorous exercise. A second embodiment which features an overlappingelastic strap permits the active wearer to access the control of thecompact portable device without interrupting his or her routine.Moreover, the padding of neoprene strap protects the compact portabledevices from accidental bumps and knocking against hard objects

U.S. Pat. No. 5,443,193, describes a pager carrier with coin dispenser.A combination carrying case for a portable electronic pager and a coindispenser includes an upright case body in which the front wall and oneside wall have a reduced height, so that the pager is easily insertedinto the receptacle defined by the case body. The coin dispenserincludes a vertical coin chute integral with one side wall of the casebody so that the chute has a relatively large coin capacity. Coins areextracted from the chute through a coin slot at the lower end of thechute. A spring clip is provided on the rear wall of the case fordetachably mounting the case on the user's belt.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,060,876 is to a wallet supporting clip. A walletsupporting clip which includes a clip portion to attach to the belt of awearer between the inside surface of trousers and the body of a wearerand which has attached to it a link with an opening through which awallet may be passed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention, a shoulder/body holster with at least one device holderthere, which may be called, for example, a gadget belt, may be used tocarry cell phones and other electronic devices includes straps thatcrisscross the back and wrap over the shoulders and under the arms. Thestraps are adjustable, so that one can achieve an appropriate fit.Adjustable devices may be used. These adjustable devices may be made ofany stretchable material.

The portions of the straps that are located in the front of the body maybe lined with hook and loop fasteners or other attachment devices. Thishook and loop material allows the invention to support multiple pocketson the straps.

The cell phone pocket is attached to the straps by means of wrap aroundhook and loop material, or other fastener devices. The approximatedimensions of the pockets, may be, for example, be two and one-halfinches in height, two and one-quarter inches in width and one andone-quarter inches in depth. This will accommodate such devices as cellphones, pagers, mpg music players and other electronic devices.

Keeping a cell phone in the pocket of Gadget Belt would ensure that aperson would have easy access to the cell phone and would be able tohear an incoming call more easily. A cell phone and other devices arekept in a nonintrusive and comfortable way. The gadget belt can be wornby either men or women and by people of all ages.

The technical advance represented by the invention as well as theobjects thereof will become apparent from the following description of apreferred embodiment of the invention when considered in conjunctionwith the accompanying drawings, and the novel features set forth in theappended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows carrying belt and device holder of the present invention;

FIG. 2 show a device holder with the securing strap closed;

FIG. 3 shows a device holder with the securing strap open;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the device holder with the securing strapclosed;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the device holder with the securing strapopen;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the device holder with the securing strapclosed;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the device holder with the securing strap open;

FIG. 8 is a side view of the device holder with the securing strapclosed;

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 10 shows attachment flaps for attaching a device holder to theembodiment of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 shows a top view of a device holder attached to the shoulderharness; and

FIG. 12 shows the shoulder harness mounted on the upper part of a humanbody.

DESCRIPTION OF A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 shows a belt device, or shoulder harness 10 that is used forcarrying objects such as cell phones, mpeg music devices and other smallobjects. The belt 10 has two openings 8 and 9 through which a personsarms are inserted to place the belt on a persons body, with the straps11 and 15 on the front chest side of a person. The parts 11 and 15extend over the shoulders of the person at 11 a and 15 a, respectively,and cross at 20 at the back of the person. The straps are securedtogether at 20. The straps extend from 20 downward to parts 12 and 13 toloop under the persons arms at 12 a and 13 a, and then extend up tosecuring devices 16 and 17, respectively. Securing devices 16 and 17 areshown as buckles, but may be hook and loop fasteners, snap devices orany other securing device. Stretchable material 18 and 19 may beincluded in straps 15 and 11 to allow stretching of the belt device whenputting it on the body.

At least one device holder 30 may be mounted on the straps 11 and 15. Adevice holder 30 is shown on strap 15. Device holder 30 is attached tostrap 15 by extending strap 15 through a loop on the back of deviceholder 30 (FIG. 6), or device 30 may have hook and loop material on itsback that is attached to hook and loop material on straps 11 and 15 (notillustrated in FIG. 1).

A strap 21 may be attached to both straps 11 and 15 to hold these strapsin a fixed position so that they will not extend outward from each otherallowing the straps 11 and 15 to slip over the shoulder and down thearms of a person wearing the belt device.

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of device holder 30. Device holder 30 has afront part 31 a and a back part 31 b (FIG. 7), a first side part 32 aand a second side part 32 b (FIG. 7), and an enclosing strap 33. Frontand back parts 31 a and 31 b extend together under device holder 30 tofrom a bottom 31 c. The front and back, and the two sides form acompartment C into which an object may be placed. FIG. 3 shows deviceholder with enclosing strap open, showing a fastener (hook and loop) 36on the from side 31 a of the device holder.

FIGS. 4 and 5 are front views of the device holder 30. FIG. 4 showsdevice holder 30 with enclosing strap 33 closed. FIG. 5 shows deviceholder 30 with enclosing strap 33 open, allowing a device to be insertedin or removed from device holder 30. On the front side 31 a of deviceholder 30 is a fastener 36 which may be any one of several type offastener, including a snap fastener and hook and loop fastener. Thefastener 36 attached to fastener 37 on enclosing strap 33.

FIG. 6 is a top view of device holder 30 with enclosing strap 33 closed.FIG. 6 shows the front 31 a, back 31 b, two sides 32 a and 32 b, andenclosing strap 33 enclosing the compartment C. A back strap 39 is usedto attached device holder 30 to one of the straps 11 and 15 (FIG. 1).Strap 39 may be attached on each end to back side 31 b so that one ofstraps 11 and 15 may be inserted between it and back 31 b. Also, one endmay not be attached to that strap 39 may be positioned around one ofstraps 11 and 15 and held in place by, for example, a hook and loopfastener on one of straps 11 and 15 and on either side (or both) at 39 aand 39 b (not illustrated).

FIGS. 7 and 8 are side views of device holder 30 showing in FIG. 7,enclosing strap open and in FIG. 8 enclosing strap 37 in a closingposition. In the open position in FIG. 7, the fastener material 37 and37 are shown.

FIG. 9 shows a second embodiment of the invention. Shoulder harness 40has straps 41 and 42 which each have fastening material, such as hookand loop fastener 46 and 47 thereon. Strap 41 curves around and upwardto strap 44, and strap 42 curves around and upward to strap 43. In asimilar manner strap 43 curves around at 43 a and is joined to strap 41,and strap 44 curves around at 44 a and joins strap 42.

Straps 43 and 44 cross each other and are secured together at 48. Straps43 may be secured at 48 by flexible material 49 and 51, and strap 44 maybe secured at 48 by flexible material 50 and 52. The use of the flexiblematerial allow for stretching while harness is be put over the shouldersof a person, and then returning to the normal size to provide a securefit to the human body. Strap 53 holds straps 41 and 41 in a fixedposition, preventing the portions 43 a and 44 a from slipping downwardover a persons shoulder.

A device holder 60, with closing strap 61 is mounted on either strap 41or 42 by attaching holder 60 to the hook and loop material 46 or 47.Device holder 60 is shown in FIG. 10. Holder 60 has a closing strap 61,a front side 63, a back side 61 and two flexible flaps 65 and 66. Flap65 may have, for example, hook and loop material 67 on own or two sides,and flap 66 may have hook and loop material 68 on one or two sides.There may also be hook and loop material 69 on a part of back side 62.When holder 60 is placed on strap 41 or 42 over the hook and loopmaterial 46 or 47, the two flaps are moved across each other behind, forexample, strap 46 so that the hook and loop material with adhere to eachother and secure holder 60 in place on strap 46.

FIG. 11 is a top view of a device holder 60 attached to a strap 41 ofshoulder holster 40. Device holder 60 has is back 62 placed againststrap 41, and then flap 65 is bent against strap 41. Then flap 66 isbent over and against strap 65. The flaps 65 and 66 and strap 41 holddevice holder in place utilizing the hook and loop fasteners 70,67 and68 between the holder 60, strap 41 and flaps 65 and 66.

FIG. 11 shows the outline of the upper part of a human body with theholster 40. Only the straps 41 and 41, and the derive holder is over thechest. The straps 43, 44 and 53 are over the back side of the body. Thepart 43 a and 44 a loop over the shoulders, and the parts 41 a and 42 aloop under the arms.

1. A shoulder/body harness for carrying devices, comprising: first andsecond straps, one strap extending downward from each shoulder andextending under each arm and crossing each other on the back of theperson wearing the shoulder/body harness; an adjustable fastening deviceon each of said straps for securing the shoulder/body harness on thebody, and at least one device holder mounted on at least one of saidfirst pair of straps.
 2. The shoulder/body harness according to claim 1,wherein said straps are secured together where they cross on the back ofthe body.
 3. The shoulder/body harness according to claim 1, including astretchable material in each of said first and second straps.
 4. Theshoulder/body harness according to claim 1, including a third strapextending between and secured to said first and second straps above apoint where they cross each other.
 5. The shoulder/body harnessaccording to claim 1, wherein multiple device holders are secured tosaid first and second straps.
 6. The shoulder/body harness according toclaim 1, wherein said device holder is secured to a strap by extendingthe strap through an opening on the back of said device holder.
 7. Theshoulder/body harness according to claim 1, wherein said straps havehook and loop material thereon, and a device holder, having hook andloop material secured thereto, is attached to a strap utilizing the hookand loop material on each of said strap and device holder.
 8. Theshoulder/body harness according to claim 1, wherein said device holderhas a strap that extends over an opening in said device, said strapsecuring a device within the opening of said device holder.
 9. Ashoulder/body harness for carrying devices, comprising: first and secondstraps, one strap extending downward from each shoulder and extendingunder each arm and crossing each other on the back of the person wearingthe shoulder/body harness; a third strap extending between and securedto said first and second straps above a point where they cross eachother, and at least one device holder mounted on at least one of saidfirst and second straps.
 10. The shoulder/body harness according toclaim 9, wherein said straps are secured together where they cross onthe back of the body.
 11. The shoulder/body harness according to claim9, including a stretchable material in each of said first and secondstraps.
 12. The shoulder/body harness according to claim 9, whereinmultiple device holders are secured to said first and second straps. 13.The shoulder/body harness according to claim 9, wherein said deviceholder is secured to a strap by extending the strap through an openingon the back of said device holder.
 14. The shoulder/body harnessaccording to claim 9, wherein said straps have hook and loop materialthereon, and a device holder, having hook and loop material securedthereto, is attached to a strap utilizing the hook and loop material oneach of said strap and device holder.
 15. The shoulder/body harnessaccording to claim 9, wherein said device holder has a strap thatextends over an opening in said device, said strap securing a devicewithin the opening of said device holder.
 16. A shoulder/body harnessfor carrying devices, comprising: first and second straps, one strapextending downward from each shoulder and extending under each arm andcrossing each other on the back of the person wearing the shoulder/bodyharness; a each of said first and second straps including flexiblematerial to allow stretching when the shoulder/body harness is put on aperson body; a third strap extending between and secured to said firstand second straps above a point where they cross each other, and atleast one device holder mounted on at least one of said first and secondstraps.
 17. The shoulder/body harness according to claim 16, whereinsaid device holder is secured to a strap by extending the strap throughan opening on the back of said device holder.
 18. The shoulder/bodyharness according to claim 16, wherein said straps have hook and loopmaterial thereon, and a device holder, having hook and loop materialsecured thereto, is attached to a strap utilizing the hook and loopmaterial on each of said strap and device holder.
 19. The shoulder/bodyharness according to claim 16, wherein said device holder has a strapthat extends over an opening in said device, said strap securing adevice within the opening of said device holder.